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Black Friday came a week early this year when it was confirmed this morning that Hostess Brands, Inc., has been forced by a Bakers Union strike to shut down their operations and sell all of their company assets. Goodbye to Hostess, Drakes, and Dolly Madison and all of their products, which means that many fans of Twinkies are in mourning today.

With the Hostess website shutdown, I scoured the Internet to find any crumb of trivia I could to help you ease the pain of this iconic passing.

c) One Twinkie will serve up 150 calories. However, if you thought the entire package was a serving and chose d) 300 calories, your answer is correct…but your portion size isn’t.

Which United States president called the Twinkie an “object of enduring American symbolism” and deposited it in the National Millennium Time Capsule:a) George W. Bushb) Ronald Reaganc) Bill Clintond) None of the above

Answer: b. President Clinton decided that the beloved Twinkie was a must, along with other objects, in the time capsule a “gift to our heirs one hundred years from now.” The million dollar question is: what will these Twinkies look like in 2100.